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TIV) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED c: i ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER I'lEB GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley 's FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS 01' PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, Where the property is of an eligible chara , ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE rs NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and .then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Directors of the Bank of British North America do hereby give notice that the YEARLY GENERAL MEET ING of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, on TUESDAY. the 7th June next, a t th e O ff i ce of the Corporation. 7 , St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock precisely, when three Directors will be elected in the room of those going out by the provisions of the Deed of Settlement. place of Jams John Cummin s , Also, two Directors in the Esq., and Francis Le Breton, Esq., who h ave res i gne d . By order of the Court, C. 31`NAB, Secretary. London, May 10, 1864. T HE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SIXTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the EAST INDIA IRRIGA'T'ION AND CANAL COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopagate-street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 30th day of May instant, at one o'clock precisely. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN - 27, Cannon-stre e t, London, E.WESTWOOD, Secretary. a, 2d May, 1864. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHIRES. The Directors of the Great teastern Rai way Company hereby give notice that, in accordance with the Act, the THIRD CALL of £2 lOs. per &are is payable on or before MONDAY, the 23d May, 1861, at the Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Mansion-house, London ; or at Me,srs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, London. It will be necessary for the holder of the Scrip to present the same to the Bankers at the time of making payment, in order to have the receipt properly filled up. The Five per Cent. interest will be paid on the Ist of March, and on the ist of September, in.each year. By Order J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, 11th April, 1864. THE TAVISTOCK IRON WORKS AND STEEL ORDNANCE COMPANY, Limited. Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1662, with limited liability. Capital £200,000, of which one-half will be first issued in 5,000 shares of £2O each. Deposit, upon application, £1 per share, £2 per share upon allotment. An interval of two months between each call. It is not intended, at present, to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. Captain T. A. Blakely (late R, A.), The Blakely Ordnance Works, Southwark. Henry Alers Hankey, Esq., 38, New Broad-street, London, Philip Henryßenett, Esq. (Messrs. H. Leighton and Co.), 19, Mark-lane London, and Shan g h a i, Chi na. George Payne Kitson, Esq., 9, King's Arms-yard, London. Charles Burn, C.E. Little Fife Hou se , Whi te h a ll . J, J. Russell, Esq. (Messrs. J. Russell and Sons), Wed nesbury, Birmingham. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Ordnanc e W or k s, SouthWark. Ordnance Department—J. Vavasour, Esq,, The Blakely -Mining Department—John Hocking, jun., Esq,, Redruth. BANKERS. The Agra and United Service Bank, Cannon-street, London. Messrs. Gill, Sons, and Co., Tavistock AUDITORS. Maurice Thomas, Esq., 24, Basinghall-street, London; and Charles Wescomb, Esq., Exeter. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Canliffe and Beaumont, 173, Chancery-lane •, and J. H. Mackenzie, Esq., 77, r :ireaham House, Old Broad atreP`,, London. BROKERS. Messrs. Towgood and Strachan, 33, Throgmortou-street, London, E.C. SEC tIETARY. F. T. Rolls, Esq. T EMPORARY OFFICES. 14, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Company is established to carry out, on an impor tant scale, the manufacture of steel under Bessemer's or other patents, to construct steel ordnance, manufacture steel shot and shell, draw steel wire, manufacture and erect steam engines, boilers, and a ll ki n d s o f mac hi nery and im ietementsfor mining, manufacturing, and agricultural pur poses, and to carry on the business of engineers and mill wright% at Tavistock, in the county of Devon. The Directors have entered into an agreement for the purchase, on terms favourable for the Company, of the pre melees, machinery, plant, stock in trade. patent rights and goodwill of the business of Messrs. Gill and Company, Engineers and Iron-founders, of Tavistock, whose works lave been successfully carried on for the last sixty years, and who have long since established a reputation for the excellence of their manufacture of steam engines and boilers, 'chains, hammered iron, edge tools, and every description of raining and other machinery. The property consists of about thirteen acres of land, held under a long lease from the Duke of Bedford, and comprises, besides the ground devoted to the works, a com fortable mansion with plantations and grounds, a house for the manager, and cottages and gardens for the workmen, all of which are let at remunerative rentals. There is also -never-failing water-power, maintained at the cost of the Duke of Bedford, sufficient to carry on all the operations of the Company, and by means of which great economy and j a proportionate increase of profit is secured. The property and business thus purchased include several valuable patent rights and contracts ; amongst others a very advantageous contract for the extensive manufacture of Crease's Pneumatic Tunnelling Engine; which are destined - to effect a complete revolution in the scientific working of mines; also a licence on favourable terms to manufacture the Blakely guns, for which profitable contracts can be im mediately obtained. Other very important contracts, which the board consider will alone produce a good dividend to the shareholder; have been provisionally secured, and will be completed as soon as the Company is in a position to tiniertake them. The Directors only consider it necessary to allude to the large profits realised by the manufacture of steel (which at the present cost of its manufacture ultimately take the place of iron in most instances), arAd the remunerative business of manufacturing steel ordnance, shot, and shell, for foreign Governments, to satisfy the shareholders that handsome dividends will be realised. The premises ar'J easily accessible by canal from Ply mouth Sound, an.a by railway from all other parts of the kingdom, and oeing situated in the midst of a prosperous and constantly increasing mining district, a large amount of business with mines can be ensured. The Company will take possession of the works on the 30th of Ase.il, 1864, and are to be entitled to the profits of Messrs. G ill and Co.'s business since the 30th of September, 1863. as - ,eell as the benefit of all contracts entered into since that de.te. No promotion money whatever will be paid. Of the first issue of 6 ,000 shares, near ly one -h alf have bee 'subscribed f or, and the remainder are now offered to the public. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices of the Company, and of the Solicitors, 43, Chancery-lane, and 77, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares can be obtained at the Offices of the Company; of the Bankers to the Company, in London and Tavistock; of the Brokers; and of the Solicitors, In the event of no allotment being made, the deposits will be returned in full, Should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail able towards the payment due on allotment, and the balance (if any) will be returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Tavistock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance Company (Li m it e d) . Gentlemen _Ordnance paid to your Bankers, the sum of shares , I hereby request that you will allot me in the Tavistock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance Company (Limited); and I hereby agree to accept such 'shares, or any less number that may be alloted to me ; and to pay such calls as may from time to time be made upon them ; and I agree to become a member of the Company, and to sign the Articles of Association when required; and I request you to place my name Upon the Register of Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. Name in full Profession or occupation Residence in full ... Date T HE TAVISTOCK IRONWORKS and STEEL ORDNANCE COMPANY (Limited'. NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES in the above Company will be received after TUESDAY, the 17th inst., for Loudon, and Thursday, the 19th i ns t ., for the coun try, By order of the Board. P. J. ROLLS, Secretary. PHEASANT REARING for 1864 -- AItKER CHAM BERLIN'S AROMATIC S PANISH MEAL, RICE, PELLET, 1). S S. MEAT GttEAVES, Pr " ' pared with for rearing and f ee di ng Game, preventing gapes, snarls, BOOKS on Feeding and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to in.turity, with over 200 testimonials from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re oeipt of two stamps, byMr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich. CHAMBERLIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including- bag. The use of - this food keeps the chickens in perfect health ; he in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvellous. Dog Greaves, Its. per cwt. Please state price when ordering. N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, "All my young pheasants last season were sickly, and several died ; those that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds." RIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER .1c CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &a. To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17:?0.) The Jurors' Report on W ax an d Ch urch Can d les, i n 1862, testifies to he excell ence o f t h e quality of Messrs. Tuckers' an manuiture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully eckual to the rec ommendat i on w hitw them h you gave th them,l and can sincerely, in my turn, com- d to e clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with fatted Wicks, patented.. Is. Id . per l b . Ordinary quality .. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with .. a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • . • • •• .• • • Is. sd. per lb. Second quality •• • .. is. 3d. per lb . Third quality • .. ••ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the ude of the Altar N°. 22,427. N what " Happy Land" can I see you after the 1. "Opera?" 1 only know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT GARDEN, my dear fellow I KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisky." THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for largo or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. SPECIAL NOTICE. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. All persons who effect Policies on the Participating: Scale before June 39, 1864. will be entitled at the Next Bonus to one year's additional Share of Profits over later A ssurers. R Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal, and the last Re port showing the financial position of the Society, can be ob tained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Estthlished 1809. FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS of every de scription transacted at moderate rates. The usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In , aurances. Insurers in this Company will receive the full benefit o 1 any reduction in Duty. CAPITAL £2,000,C00 ANNUAL INCOME £497,263 ACCUMULATED FUNDS £2,233,927 London—Head Offices..sB, Threadneedle-street, E.O. 4, New Bank-buildings, Lothbury, West-end Offices THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1864. ARIS.-THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capucines, Place de Nouvelle Opera, opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres. Has been opened since July, MG!. It contains 700 bed rooms, prices from 4fr. to 25fr. ; drawing-rooms, from 5f r. to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining mere than p 0 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock. Dinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the crffee rooms, as well as in the apartments. There is a reading room with the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing -MOM for the use of tra vellers without any additional charge. There are•also baths, billiard rooms, smoking divans, post-office; cabs, ea rriages, and omnibuses going to the railway stations. The servants speak all languages. This superb hotel, po sessin all that modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situated in the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. Independently of their Two Hotels, the CompagnhS'lmmo biliere has established an extensive Private Furn shed House on the BouThvard des Capucines, opposite the ROTUNDA of the GRAND HOTEL, where Families can reside as in their own { rivate residences, and where they may rely upon find ing the utmost comfort. MR. JEAFFERSON '6 NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., DE AD By J. C. JEAFFERSON. Author of "Live it Down," Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Y E T. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS, ._ _ In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of "Pickwick." "David Copperfield," &c. On Saturday, April 30th, will be Published Part 1., price lc, of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. _ _ VURNI I'URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and 12 FLOORCLOTH, CARR IA GE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardle ss o f amoun t or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices Term s peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. .A n immense stock to select from, displayed i n Sh owrcoms occupy i ng a n 94re of ground. Every article warranted. CIA itGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett aad . are publishing an entirely N e w Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo Aim -able engravings of every description of Furniture and .;easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale : ' To be completed in Twenty Monthly Farts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. DR. HARVEY ON CORPULENCE. Second Edition, carefully revised, price is., O R P UL E N*CE , C Its Diminution and Cure, without Injury to Health. with Remarks upon the various Maladies which may be pro duced by too great obesity. By JOHN _HARVEY, M.D. Smith and Co., 52, Long-acre; and all booksellers. THE ALLIANCE NATIONAL LAND, BUILDING, and INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). First Capital—One Hundred Thou sand Pounds, in 10,000 Shares of £lO each. Deposit, £1 per Share. Future calls not to exceed 10s. per Share, nor to be at less intervals than three months. Forwarded free on rPcelpt of 12 stamps, FEW OBSERVATIONS on GOUT and RHEUMATISM, by one who has never failed to cure the same whenever it has fallen in his way. A sample bottle of the medicine forwarded free to all parts on receipt of 40 stamps. Address R. Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, Landon. MR. W. S. WOODIN' S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Cnaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance," Saturday, May 7, at three. TUOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, with augmented baud and chorus, supported by the following talented principal artistes :—Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry. Tyrrell, SI , almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green ; and UN BALLO IN MASCHERA. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. Harper Twelvetrees, Esq., Imperial Works, Bromley St. Leonard, Middlesex. CHAIRMAN OF THE DUBLIN BOARD. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (P. P. BlPSwiney, Esq., Messrs. Pd.'Swiney, Delaney, and Co.), Lower Eackville street. CHAIRMAN OF ULSTER BOARD William Brzmne, Esq. (INlersrs. Browne, Reid, and Co.), Waring-street, Belfast, and Riverstone, llolywood. CHAIRMAN OF MUNSTER BOARD, Robert Scott, Esq. (Messrs. Robert Scott and Co., iron and hardware merchants), St. Patrick's Quay, Cork. GENERAL MANAGAR AND SECRETARY. Joseph A. Homier, Esq., F. S. s. IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS. This company affords great advantages to persons who may desire to invest large or small sums on un oubted secu rity, and at a high rate of interest. Ist. By purchasing share; they may become proprietors, and entitled to share in all the profits of the ompany. 2d. By taking Subscription Debentures, with monthly payments, as in ordinary Building Societies, they may secure thereon 5 per cent. compound interest. 31. By Making Deposits, easily withdrawable, they may get regular dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Prospectuses and every information forwarded f or one stamp. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road, London. TIM EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted, entitled THE TERCENI'ENARY ; or,a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE, written express'yby W. F. Vander veil, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-app ar. ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS ! "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passin' and reposing, through the Magic Fountain, i•s so complete an illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. THE ALLIANCE NATIONAL LAND, BUILDING, AND INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited'. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after JUNE 1, 1864, no APPLIC kTIONS for SHARES will be received except at a PREMIUM. Prince BloHorn, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, bliss Nelly Power, Mr. T. Maela,gan, U. W,lester, dr.c. 40 By order of the Board, JOSEPH A. HORNER, General Manager. Chief Office, 156, Strand, London, W.C. CAMER ON'S GOUT SPECIFIC. An Effectual and Speedy Remedy for the Gout, Rheu matizm, Sciatica, Lumbago, and Neuralgia. This invaluable Medicine is so pre - eminently efficacious as to admit of no parallel. Instancei have been known, in which sufferers have been confined to their apartments, hand and foot, writhing under the most intense agony, whose sufferings, to the asto nishment of their friends, have been wholly removed in less than 24 hours after taking the above medicine, and themselves rendered ab'e to resum e th e i r avocations. Indeed, the effect has been such, and brought about in so harmless and speedy a manner, that the proprietor, with the utmost confidence, challenges the medical world to produce a medicine equal to it. To the constitution it is harmless; to the fluids of the human frame it adds an agreeable impetus ; to the system generally it is invigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and male or female may tae it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complaint. Prize ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. Prepared only by the Proprietor, R Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, London. Wholesale London agents—Barclay and Son, 95, Farringdon-street ; Butler and Crispe, 4, Cheapside, corner of St, Paul's Churchyard; Cleaver, 63, Oxford -street; Dart, 30, Southampton-street, Strand fromn, 150, Oxford-street, A sample bottle forwarded free the manufactory on re ceipt of 40 stamps. • QOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES. —Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or havinz Business and Houses to be dispose.' of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. A ission—Area, Gd.; Stalls and Balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The Proprietor begs to announce that this popular place of AmuFem.nt will be CLOSED for Fourteen Days from this thy, for a term ions, in consequence of his determi nation to return to the former successfu, class of Entertain r,:ent. It w:11 RE-OPEN on WIIIT-MONDAY with that charming and accomplished Gymnast, NATITALIE, Monitor to the Prince Imperial, uho will be accompanied by her equally attractive , asters, Leontlne and B anche, forming a trio of the most daring and elegant f , male profe4 ors of the gymnastic art in the world. The Musical Department will be tinder the able superintendence of a well-known professor. Prices of Admission will be:—Private boxes, 2t*.; reserved seats, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 25.; balconies and promenade, is ; grand hall, 6d. Further particulars will be shortly announced, Monday, May 2, 1861. IIVIADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. -- -- RECENT — ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the eveninz an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE -STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and "Pliant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, ezo. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of as dentist. They are not so iiable to injury, are always usefuld will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,G rosvenor street, Bond-street, W, pi + 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham, A Six-roomed Parsonage ........ £74 8 0 An Eight-roomed ditto .......... 138 1 0 A Ten-roornen ditt o ........ .... 259 16 6 A Twelve-room e d ditt o ......... 391 11 0 Together with a Pri ce Li s t o f pur i f i e d . Bedding, and a mass of valnable infbrmationto all requiring household furniture, -arpets or bedding. References ktndly permitted to Clergy- Wells. Oxford. ri—ghlyt'onP,reGs men mail gen tltmen in or near Great rdalvern , Southampton, llyde, Plymouth, Chichester, BurL, t,' Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, a to in n s , b G or r o im u ly, CO., General House Furnishers , Wrexham, and abo ve 500 other places in all parts of Great liritfli_. COBBETT and Deptford bridge, London. B.E. many purposes. To be had of all shops in NEW PATENT CURTA IN HOOK that requires no sewin,,, and, if reversed , c an be used for own or country. Patentees, W. TENT an d Co., 23, Bim hi n -lane, London, E.C. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post -office Orders payable at Camber well-park. Stores, George-street, C am b erw Adaress—BoTT and JACTCSON, "Man of the World " W i ne ell - park , London. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER and half a pound of Soap Will wash fifty counterpanes in six hours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, to,, in half the usu.l time.—See Mrs. Goulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, Sold by grocers and druggists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow , London, E. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigesti. or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODC OCK ' S WIN D PILLS. Thcir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist. Lincoln. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and austed, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged .— Cash Advances mad e on T ra d e S tock, Dock Warrants, and other Seourities, and Sales eirected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new an d elegan t assort ment of VASES, Fi gures , G ro ups, Candl est i cks, O b el i sks, Ink stands, beautiful inl a id Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, U Alabas `er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &O. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY , CON- C eae ll h O . LOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2 ,5, 10, 20, 5 0, to 100 guineas PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANr. at 149, Strand, W.C. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Mr W. I'Anson's Ace of Ileait - 8, -- 4 - yreLlOst. Mr Wilkinson's Rosemary (h.b.), 6 yr:, ( 1 1t 1s . t i 7 'Alis th on) Won easily b two lengths; a bad third. Match, 60, p.p. Two miles and a half. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (cffered) 15 to 2 agat Scottish Chief (offered) Bto 1 agst Cambascan (offered) 11 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 12 to 1 agat Coast Guard (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken) YORK SPRING MEETING--WEDNESDAY. The weather to-day, though there was a strongish and cool breeze, was remarkably favourable for the comfort of visitors to the course, and for a large attendance. The latter, however, was not so numerous as on Tuesday. Greatly in contrast with the inactivity at the rooms on the previous evening, there was on Tuesday night some spirited specula tion on the Derby, and during the short period betting went on more money was invested on the Surrey event than has occurred for several days past. General Peel, against whom there were several offers, appeared to be on the decline until the arrival of Mr. Steel, who picked up seven fifties, which 25 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 40 to 1 aget Hollyfox (offered) The Lord Chancellor's Bill, bet led to an offer on the part of "Major" Booth of six " monkeys." This was also greedily snapped up by the Sheffielder, and after backing the animal at 3,000 to 500, he accepted 600 to 100, and a few minor bets at the same ratio of odds. Several of the outside division were backed for small sums, and Scottish Chief was supported for Y.,100 at 8 to 1. Cambuscan, at a point in advance of these,odds would have been freely backed, and Ely would have been invested upon for considerable sums at 25 to 1, but not more than 26 to 1 was obtainable. Baragah and Forager were not much in request, though 40's to j would have been taken to money about Lord St. Vincent's horse. several cross bets were made, Prince Arthur and Coastguard being backed against each other for £2OO in their places—the best of one, two, or three. Paris was also favoured with support for a place. The racing commenced to. day at one o'clock with the Eglinton Stakes, which brqught out three runners, and the eagerness with which "the fielders" bet anti cipated the position which the favourite Benanoar ob- tained. For the Flying Dutchman's Handicap there were 9 runners, Little Stag, who on dit had been sold to Lord St. Vincent for £3OOO, being the favourite. At one time he was backed against the field, but at the close 6 to 5 agst him were the current odds, Lytham, the Monk, and My Mary were the next in demand. The race was preceded by a false start, after which Mr. M ars h all got them well away together, with the exception o f G oldylocks and Newmarket; but these two soon joined the rest. For a mile they r an upon pretty equal terms, but afte rwards Little Stag and The Monk came away, and the two ran a close race to the half distance, wher e they separated, and The Monk had the best to the finish, and won by half a length. The Tyro Stakes were contested by the three entered, and resulted in the victory of Jig, who realised 90 guineas to the fund. The Consolation Scramble produced a field of fire of the seven entered, the absentees being Loafer and Newchurch. Speculation thereon was confined principally to Kapunda and Theobalda, the latter of which, from the Whitewall stable, securing the first vic tory of the meeting for the Great Northern establishment. The Londesborough Cup brought 14 runners to the post, and, consequent on The Monk's easy victory, Amazonian was made a great favourite; but the recent excellent pub lic form of East Lancashire proved the more truthful criterion to the selection of the winner, East Lancashire repeating the second victory of the meeting, though by no me ans gaining ait easily. Th e rema i nder of the racing, details of which are giv en b elow, call for no special re marks. Th e Eglinton Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; penalties and allowances. T.Y,C., 5 fur 44 yds. 15 subs. i‘ii‘ ll , rr r J. I ° l ut s e b eri ° , ,e r s n Eß e 'eosenSßa Springu, e G 2t 11 3 n , y 2 r s y , r B s s , t 6 4 1 b 1 ! 11 . ) ff F h r i t e e n l c e h y ) ) 2 1 yrs, 6st 121 b (inc 51b ex) (Perry) 3 Bumby weighed for The Clown, but after the horse's numberahg d_ ..s b teoe momentarily r 6to hoisted o 4 agstit wa s a p r t i a n k g e n down. Gan Benanoaarad Ess made B pl o a u y cl , u h e a t vi o n a g S h p ia ri r n i g gh G t. un onA a h u is ar l t e e f r t neat the mile r from ,t Benanoar was in difficulties, and s h or tly w Gun took up th e runn i ng , an d won b y two B s s ea p l en e g a r finished th ree l eng th s i n t h e rear o f E ss Bouquet.latehfntecgrtaislasrd home After the race Spring Gun ran agaimt the rails, and knocked down the centre rail with his breast, but was fortunately not injured. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap of 100 sow., added to a sweepstakes of 15 sovs ehch, and 5 only if d ec lared ; w i nn ers extra. One mile and a quarter, 33 subs., 13 of Islington.—Two Eight-roomed Houses. rI R• ANDREW RIND will SELL, b AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, May Nos., at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the de , irable HOUSE 4, 3 and 5, Elmore-street, Lower-road, Isling - ton, each containing eight r,oms and washhouse, with gardens. May be viewed by cards from the Auctioneer only, and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at the principal Inns in the neighbourhood; at the - Auction Mart; and at the Auctioneer's Office, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. age_d, 84 llb ........ (Midgley) 1 whom declared. ...... (Carroll) 2 Mr Pe)ne's Merry Maid, 5 yrs, tist 91b (J. G ' h ) 4yrs, 8 " rims aw 3 Mr G. Crook's Donnybrook , st ..... (IL Taylor) 4 an d Lytham. Little Stag, 7 to 2 M I d I r T r A h es Saxon'spfi o n l al following lw'Tsi The Littlel‘also S k t ' a g n , : 3 — y A r i s , _6 4 71b y Mary, Flirtation, New agst Lytham, ma ß rk et e t t i , n G g— ol 6 dy t l o oc s ks a , gst 100 to 15 agst The Monk, 8 to 1 agst My Mary, 10 to 1 agst Merry Maid, 100 to 6 agst Newmar ket, 2 0 to 1 agst Flirtation. After one false start the lot, with the exc eption of Goldy looks and Newmarket, w ho were rather unruly at the post, were admirably started. Flirtation cut out the work tor a short distance, when Lytham took up the running, but half way along the Woodside Newmarket and Goldylocks joined the Newmarket horse, the three going on in close comprny, Little Stag proceeding fourth some distance in advance of the others, who were headed by Flirtation and Donnybrook. They ran thus until half way round the bend, where Goldy. locks and Newmarket dropped from the front, and Little Stag took second place, and The Monk drew up to the leaders. Lytham hung out signals of distress half a mile from home, whereupon Little Stag, with The Monk on his right, were left in front, and the two came on in close eons• pany, and an exciting race ensued with the two to the dis tance, where, however, The Monk obtained an advantage, which he maintained, and won by half a length. A dozen lengths separated the second and third, and a similar dis. tance divided Donnybrook and Merry Maid ; My Mary Lytham, and Newmarket passed the post at scattered in tervals in the order named. Goldylocks and Flirtation, the former of whom ran in blinkers and the latter a hood, were pulled up and walked into the enclosure without passing the post. Barnet.—A Pair of Semi-detached Villas. ANDREW HIND will SELL, by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, May 17, 1834, at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the convenient Freehold Seven roomed COTTAGES, Nos. 1 and 2, Lancaster-roa New Barnet, within two minutes' walk of a station and half an hour's ride from town. Let to respectable yearly tenants at £44 per annum, but possession of one may be had. May be viewed by permission of the tenants, and particu lars, with conditions of sale, had at the Railway Tavern ; of O. Parke, Esq., solicitor, 37, Moorgate-street ; at the Auction Mart; and at the Auclioneer's °nice corner of Little Carter lane, St. Paul's. HYDROPHOBIA IN LIVERPOOL—Another death from hydrophobia occurred in Liverpool on Tuesday, the victim being a boy named Samuel Leech, who was bitten in the lip about a month ago by a shepherd's dog, belonging to a farmer living at West Derby, near Liverpool, THE RUSSIAN NAM—A large armour-plated steam ram, of between 3,000 and 4,000 tons, built by an English firm, Messrs. Charles Mitchell and Co., of Low Walker, on the Tyne, will be launched from the Go vernment dockyard, St. Petersburg, this month, for the Russian Government. She has been built by English workmen sent out from this ccuntry, and her armour-prates have also been manufactured in England. A gunboat, built by English workmen, will also be launched about the same time. 500 BUSINES M SE Ay S. ANDW. HIND'S Containing Businesses, Premiss, Partnerships, &?., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE five COTT 4GES, close to a station, six miles t om town, producing £65 per annum. Ground rent, £2O. Price £r.oo. fart may remain on mortga , e. Also the fol low np;:—Wandsworth, eight freehold, £1,070 ; ditto, six leasehold, £7( 0 ; Teddington, four, £5OO ; Notting-hill, three, £1,02), dm. Offices, corner of Little Caner-lane, St. Paul's. THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE COLLIERS. The struggle between the masters and the men may now be said to have actually commenced, and in such a manner as to test in a very short time the strength of either party. On the fact being made known on Monday that the masters' association had agreed to open the two collieries on strike to all men who wished to go in on the old terms, a meeting was held at Hoyle Mill the same evening, when the men were enjoined to stand firm, as the union would support them until the advance asked was conceded. A resolution pledging the meeting to stand ont until the men received the 10 per cent. was unanimously agreed to. On Tuesday evening a good deal of excitement was created in Barnsley by the arrival in the centre of the town of some hundreds of colliers, with a cart, pulled by men, containing a number of the Oaks workmen, with printed notices on their hats. It appeared that the men belonging to that colliery had re• ceived notice to quit the houses occupied by them under the the proprietors of the colliery that afternoon. WHOLESALE SODA.WATER BUSINESS. Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a first-class provincial BUSINESS, the proprietor retiring. Profits £7OO per annum. Rent of hottse, shop, manufactory, stabling, &a, £4B. Price, including the extensive plant, vans, horses, 5,000 dozen of bottles. and every requisite for a trade, £1,700. Ac commodation for part. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst Cub ; selling allowances. Half a mile. 3 subs. Mr Beaumont's Jig, £3O, 7st 61b ...... (Whiteley) 1 Mr Jackson's Gipsy Prince, £3O, 7st 101 b ...... (Doyle) 2 Mr C. Reynard's Baby Blake, £3O, 7st 61 13..(Challoner) 3 Betting-7 to 4 and 2 to 1 on Jig, who made all the run ning and won by two lengths; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 120 guineas. The Consolation Scramble of 30 sous, added to a Handicap CITY PREMISES.—.Mr. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOSAL the LEASE of a large HOUSE, ne,ir St. Paul's, containing thirteen rooms, suitable for offices or warehouse. Rent £lOO. Terms 14 years. Price £1,400. Also a commanding shop and basement in Cannon-street, Coulees, corner pi Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. . _ e • • • , A e l / 4 111 , ' 4- * • 11 . 4 ikt, , . rittO • • . . , ' Q. • - - -4- . . • - - • 0":1/..4 * 16. • 07 — ffi s ,' " ) • ITT• • - "- Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for all ages. T Y.C., 5 fur longs 44 yards. 7 subs. Mr Bowes's Theobalda, 3 yrs, 7st (Loates) 1 Mr G. Crook's Airedale, 4 yrs, Bst 3lb (H. Taylor) 2 Mr Sidney's Chicquot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. (Kay) 3 Mr R. H. Jones's Kapunda, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Challoner) 4 Capt Gray's Josephine, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (J. Marson) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Kapunda, 2to 1 agst Theobalda, 2 1 agst Josephine, 20 to 1 offered agst either Airedale or Chicquot the Jester. Theobalda made play throughout, and won by three lengths. A couple of lengths between the second and third. The Londesborough Cup, value 100 soya in specie, added to a Handicap of 5 soya each, for three-yr-olds and up wards ; winners extra. T.Y,C., 5 furlon3l 41 yards. 42 aubs. Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b inc 121 b ex (Challoner) 1 Mr Bowes's War Dance, 3 yrs, 6st (Mordan) 2 Mr Ginbilie's Waterloo, 3 yrs, Est 61b The following also ran :—Hesper, Neophyte, Walloon, Borealis, Miss Armstrong, Amazonian, Light, Windham, Cutaway, Madeline colt, and Vanessa. Betting -5 to 2 agst Amazonian-5 to 1 agst East Lan cashire-8 to 1 each agst Walloon and War Dance-10 to 1 each agst Hesper and Waterloo-12 to 1 each agst Windhara and Cutaway-20 to 1 agst Borealis. After a long delay at the post, Walloon and Hesper jumped away in front and made play to the road, where War Dance, Waterloo, and East Lancashire headed the heavy-weights. At the distance East Lancashire, next the rails, took up the running, and after a first race with War Dance, won by a head. Three lengths separated the second and third, Walloon was fourth, Amazonian fifth; Hesper, Miss Armstrong, and the Jeremy Didler colt being next. The City Puree of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; selling and other allow ances. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 44 yards. 6 subs. Mr C. Winteriugham'a Laomedon, 3 yrs, (MO) bat 41b _ (Loate s) Mr Bancr o ft' s C rons t a dt, 6 yrs ((3O) , Tst 7113 - 1 (T. French) 2 Mr Clark's Garotter, 3 yrs (W3O), 65t.... (J. Grimshaw) 3 Airedale and Brother Sam also ran. Betting—Even on Laomedon-3 to 1 agst Cronstadt-4 to 1 agst Airedale--5 to 1 agst Brother Sam. Won by half a length; a head between second and third. The winner was bought by Mr Holmes for 165 guineas. The Tally-ho Stakes of 3 Bove each, with 50 added, for hunters; weight for age; penalties and allowances. Two miles over the Old Course. 14 subs. _ . (Boynton) 2 Mr Bell's Hirundo, 6 yrs, list 71b...... (H, Wombwell) 3 Major Gunter's Yivandiere, (h.b,), aged list 71b (Wilkinson) 4 Air W. E. Duncombe's m. by Daniel O'Connell, dam by the Coster (h.b.), llst (Hutchinson) 5 Betting-2 to lon Ace of Hearts-4 or sto 1 agst any other. Mr Harrison's Delphi, aged, list lffl,o, The Lord Chancellor's Bill has been printed. It provides that no suit shall be brought "in any court" for a money demand not exceeding £2O, unless within one year after some part of it became payable, reckoning no time during which the debtor was absent from England; and (subject to the same reckoning no process shall issue on judgments of any Court for a sum not exceeding £2O (on a money demand), unless within a year from their date, or from the last pay ment becoming due, or being made, or two years in case of fraudulent conduct on the part of the debtor. The power of a County Court to commit to prison on a judgment for a sum not exceeding £2O is to cease except as now to be men -1 tioned. If on the hearing of a judgment summons it appears that the debtor has not coy means or reasonable expectation of being able to pay any pat t of his debts, the judge may decline to make any order; but if it appear otherwise, the judge is to order him to deliver to the registrar a statement of his debts and assets, and attend to be examined, notice to be given to the creditors and protection granted meantime; and if the debts owing by the debtor turn out to exceed £5O, or if he is found to possess property which cannot be taken under any process of a County Court, the Court may ad judge him a bankrupt. The Court may order his property to be seized and sold, taking household goods and wearing ap parel beyond the value of £4, and tools beyond £3. Upon examination of the judgment debtor and consideration of all the circumstances (or in his absence at the time appointed), the Court is to order him, unless he is adjudged a bankrupt, to pay into court such sum as it shall think proper by in stalments for division among the creditors, and a copy of the order is to be sent to his employer, who is to stop the instalment out of his wages. If he has obtained credit by false pretences, or been guilty of fraud or breach of trust, or wilfully contracted a debt without reasonable expecta tion of being able to pay it, or disposed of or concealed pro perty with intent to defraud his creditors, or since the judg ment wilfully wasted his income by unjustifiable extrava gance, the judge may commit him to prison as a misdemean ant for not more than two months ; but when discharged he is not to be liable to any other imprisonment under this act. Upon payment of the last instalment ordered of the Court he is to receive a certificate discharging him from his debts. The bill further provides that no action shall be brought to recover any debt for ale or beer consumed on the premises where sold or supplied. If an action is brought in a superior court for a debt not exceeding £2O, it may be removed into the County Court on the application of the defendant ; or the defendant may within eight days pay the debt without any costs; or, if he suffer judgment by default, the plaintiff shall recover no costs; nor if the plaintiff obtains a verdict, unless the Judge certifies. Actions brought in a superiors court for malicious prosecution, illegal arrest or distress assault, false imprisonment, seduction, and any other action of tort, may if a judge shall think fit, be removed into the County Court (unless the plaintiff gives security for costs), on an affidavit that the plaintiff has no visible means of paying costs. We come now to the proposed grant of equitable jurisdiction to the County Courts. ETery suit that may now be prosecuted in Chancery may hereafter be brought in the County Courts if such suit falls within the following rules :—The demand must not exceed £lOO, unless it be a distributive share of property; the whole property sought to be distributed or administered in any suit must not exceed £500; if land is sought to be recovered or sold, it must not exceed the value of ze 10 a year; if mortgaged property is sought to be fore-closed or sold, the mortgage must not exceed £300; if a partnership is to be dissolved or wound up, the property must not exceed £500; where the suit is for specific performance or cancelling of an arrange ment for sale of property, its value must not exceed £3OO. Lastly, no injunction is to be granted by a County Court; nor any suit entertained involving a question concerning the sanity of a testator. There is to be a right of appeal to the Court of Chancery against the decision of the judge on any matter of law or equity, or on the admission or rejec tion of evidence. Salaries to be increased out of the fees to be taken for all this additional business, but the salary of the judge is not to exceed £1,600 a year. ~,.~;~ ~~ STAMPED ....sd. THE QUEEN'S COURT, The Queen held a second Court at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High. nesses the Princess Helena and the Princess Louise, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, arrived at the Palace at half.past eleven o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lady de Grey, the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Harris, Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. R. H. Meade, and Mt.jor Teesdale, arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly before three o'clock. Field• Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by his equerry, Colonel Tyr whitt, also arrived at the Palace. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High• nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Helena, the Princess Louise, and the Duke of Cam bridge, entered the White Drawing-room at three o'clock. In attendance upon her Majesty were the Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of St. Ger mans, Lord Steward; the Marquis of Ailesbury, Alaster of the Horse; the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress of the Robes ; the Marchioness of Ely, Lady in Waiting ; Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Superintendent; Viscountess Chewton, Bedchamber Woman in Waiting; the Hon. Mrs. Robert Bruce, Bedchamber Woman; the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton and the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice• Chamberlain; Colonel Sir Thomas Biddulph, Master of the Household; Lord Methuen, Lord in Waiting; Sir William Hoste, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Equerries in Waiting; the Marquis of Tweeddale, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Earl of Ducie, the Cap tain of the Yeomanry of the Guard ; Lord Foley, the Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms; Lord George Manners, Silver Stick in Waiting; Col. M. Bruce, the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting; Lieutenant• General the Hon. Sir Charles Grey ; the Earl of Bessborough, Master of the Buckhounds. The following distinguished persons had the honour of receiving invitations to attend the Court : —The Archbishop of Canterbury and Miss Longley, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson, the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford ; the Duke of Argyll, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Duchess of Argyll; Earl Russell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and Lady Grey ; Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Mrs. Card well ; the Earl de Grey, Secretary of State for War, and Countess de Grey ; Sir Charles - Wood, Secretary of State for India, and Lady Mary Wood ; the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mrs. Gladstone; the Duke of Somerset, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Duchess of Somerset; the Lord Stanley of Alder' ley, the Postmaster-General, and Lady Stanley of Alderley ; the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Countess of Claren don ; the Right Hon, Thomas Milner Gibson, the President of the Board of Trade, and Mrs. Milner Gibson ; the Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, the President of the Poor-law Board : the Right Hon. William Cowper, the First Commissioner of Works, &c., and Mrs. Cowper; the Right Hon. William Hutt, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Mrs. Hutt; the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, the President of the Board of Health, and Mrs. Lowe; the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Vice- President of the Committee of Council on Educa• Con, and Mrs. Bruce; the Right Hdn. Sir R. Peel, Chief Scretary for Ireland, and Lady Emily Peel; the Right Hon. T. E. Headlum, the Judge Advo cate-General, and Mrs. Headtana ; the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lord and Lady Chelmsford, General and Lady Alice Pcel, Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs Disraolli, Sir John and Lady Pakiogton. the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Viscountess Sydney, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, and the Duke of Wellington. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, and Mrs .Milner Gibson, were prevented by unavoidable circum stances from attending the Court. Her Majesty wore a similar dress and cap to those she wore at the previous reception, but the latter was ornamented with pearls instead of diamonds. Her Majesty also wore a necklace of four rows of large pearls, a miniature of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort set in diamonds as a brooch, the blue ribbon and badge of the Garter, and the badges of the Victoria ana Albert Order and of the Order of Queen Louise of Prussia. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a black silk dress trimmed with bouffants of crape, and jet ornaments. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore the uniform of a general cfficer, with the Orders of the Garter and the Star of India. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty at the Court, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Topham, the Lieutenant. The following officers were also on duty with the corps—Major Harmer, the Standard Bearer; Lieutenant-Colonel William M'Call, the Adjutant; and Captain Philips, the sub•oflicer. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, accompanied by their officers, Lieutenant- Colonel Cooke, the Ensign, and Lieutenant-Colonel Sutton, the Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant, were on duty under the command of Colonel Bourke, the Eson in Waiting. A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance in the Court of the Palace. After the reception, MM. de Biegeleben and de Balan (the plenipotentiaries from Austria and Prussia) had audiences of the Queen, to which they wore in troduced by Earl Russell, K,G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Lord Methuen and Captain Sir William Hoste were the Lord and Groom in Wait■ in g. Her Majesty honoured Baron Marochetti with a visit to his studio; and afterwards, accompanied by Princess Louise, returned to Windsor by !special train on the South Western Railway. l' ..G~ ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat-office, Aldershot, 7th May, 1864. TENDERS will be received at this office until 12 o'clock at noon, on MONDAY, the 23d inst., from per sons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, for four months, from 1 t July to 31st October next, for the u e of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Forms of tender and conditions of contract may be obtained on application to this office, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. The tenders muE t be properly filled up, signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Forage"), and no tenders will be noticed unless made on form obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour above appointed. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY. Since January 1, 1164, the sum of £lO,OOO sterling has been advanced on first-c'ass securities, and upwards of Seven Thousand Shares and Debentures have been taken up. Mortgages for more than £40,000 are in course of completion. The Company now consists of upwards of 1,600 Share and Debenture holders. Persons desir us of taking shares before a premium is placed thereon must apply for the same without delay. The next allotment will be made on the first day of June. JOSEPH A. HORNEIt, General Manager. OFFICES: -156, Strand, London, W.C. ; 84, Middle Abbey street, Dublin ; 13. Donegall-place, Belfast ; 98. St. Patrick street, Cork ; and Alliance Chambers, Upper Temp'e-street, Birmingham; pith Agencies throughout the United King dom. BED•ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop ease when carrled."—Thin, ver hard candles, sold in boxes le. and 3s. e ac h , are recommended as the best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," Sold In boxes 2s. each. 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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, In the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, ning's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. vice-Patron—llis Royal Highness the Prince of WALE S,K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and huane, as the medical o ffi cers are daily o bli ged t .) treat as out- m patients many distressing cases which- With more adequate tunds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. Drummond and Co. ; Flerries an ;, Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; 1 rescott, Grote, and C o. ; Sm d ith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones . Loyd and C o. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W ,lharas, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and , Co., Berne rs - street ; Masterman and Co. ; Earned and Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. _ STANFORD S. SMITE( 4,cretar7, State Concert. By command of the Queen, a State concert was given last evenws at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of between 700 old 800 were invited. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by tie Countess of Macclesfield, the Son. Mrs. William Grey, the Marquis of Aberoorn, Lord Harris, Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. R. H. Meade, and Major Teesdale, and escorted by a squadron of the Royal Horse Guards, arrived at the Palace from Marlborough House shortly before ten o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess oil: t t u C e k n a e r a d e b a d: by Lady Grand d Princess Mary arrived from St James's, .8 Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Horace P b ;rv o. l o . arri His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam 11 ved, at tended by Colonel Tyrwhitt. Their Royal Highnesses the Gran Duchess of Mocklenburg-Strelitz arrived, attended by L a d } Caroline Gust and Baron von Plessen. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and the Countess of Dorenberg, and the Count and Countess Gleichen also arrived. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and other offi cers of the Household, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, entered the concert room soon after ten o'clock. Her Roy al Highness the Princess of Wales wore a black Gz-e ,__,,., // e - ..P (- -- . rich pink glace silk, handsomely irimmed with ruches of crape. Head-dress of convolvulus, with veil; ornaments, pearls. Her Royal Highness:the Princess Louise, dress and head dress the same. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge wore a black satin dress trimmed with black lace, and black satin ribbon and jet. Head-dress, a tiara of jet with black feathers, necklace and stomacher of jet. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore a black tulle dress over black glace silk, trimmed with point d'Alen con and bouquets of silver wheat ears. Head dress a diadem of diamonds and silver wheat-ears; stomacher, necklace, and earrings, pearls and diamonds, Her Royal Highness the Grand Dtichess of Mecklen burg-Strelitz wore a dress of terry velvet, trimmed with point lace, satin ribbon, and bugles. Head-dress, tiara of jet and black ornaments. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, accompanied by their officers, Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the Ensign ; and Lieut.-Colonel Sutton, the Adjutant ; and commanded by Colonel Bourke, the Exon-in-Waiting, were on duty in the grand hall and on the staircase. As soon as their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales Entered the concert room, the concert commenced. The performers, exceeding 180 in number, consisted of her 31%jer,ty's private band, aided by several instrumen talists of the Philharmonic Society, her Majesry's Theatre, and the Royal Italian Opera, the chorus being selected from the Operas and the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall. The performance was conducted by Mr. Anderson, the director of her Majesty's private band. 4 , IT'S ME." A correspondent of the Reader, signing himself A. J. Ellis, and dating his communication from Colney Hatch (Park), April 30, 1864, writes : "In reference to your remarks on it's nut in your notice of Dean Alford's 'Plea for the Queen's Eng. lish,' I consider that the phrase it is I is a modernism, or rather a grammaticism—that is, it was never in popular use, but was introduced solely on some grammatical hypothesis as to having the same case before and after the verb is. It does not appear to have been consonant with the feelings of Teutonic tribes to use the nominative of the personal pro nouns as a predicate. To them—and therefore to English people—it is lis just as strange as est ego to-TL ir'o, would be to Latin or Greek. These last languages require ego sum, Eye eiiit (Matt. xiv. 27; Mark vi. 50 ; John vi. 20). The predicate was here simply omitted. In Goth'c we have precisely the same construction, ik ins (John vi. 20). The English Wycliffite translations both give 1 am. But the Anglo-Saxon version, like the modern German, is not content with leaving the predicate unexpressed, and we find is hit eons ; High German, ich bin es . ; literally, lam it ; namely, that which you see. The Heliand paraphrase is very explicit (Schmeller's ed., p. 90, line 2), 1k bium that barn Godes' (` I am the Son of God'). The Welsh and Gaelic try to be emphatic, the first saying myfi ydyw (q. d. myself am), and the second, is miss a to arm (q. d. it's myself that's living). But of course we do not look to these languages as a guide to English. The Danish is very peculiar and important on account of its intimate relation with English. As in Eng 4 lish, the dative and accusative cases of the personal pronouns now coincide in Danish, Jeg, mig (I, me); Du, dig (thou, thee; Han, ham (he, him). We find the following rule laid down in Tobiesen's Danische Sprachlehre (Sternhagen's ed., 1828, p. 215) After the impersonal verbs, det er and det bliver (it is), the personal pronouns jeg, du, Tian are not used in the nominative, but in the dative, as det er mig der har gjort det (it's me that did it) ; deter Dig, som har veeret master derfor (it's thee who was its master) ; det Nicer ham som vi Mlle tale med (it's him that we wish to speak with [where also the construction of the relative and preposition is Eng lish] ; and similarly in the plural : deter os, jer, dens (it's us, you, them): This is perfectly explicit, and shows the same construction as the English ; but in the Testament the wish to be uncolloquial has apparently forced the translator to depart from the usual custom when the wcrds are given to Jesus, but he returns to it when they are echoed by Peter (Matt. xiv. 27, 28). Jesus—sagde :—det er jeg—men Peder—sagde : Herre, dersont deter dig, ba byd mig," &c. (" Jesus said, It is I ; but Peter said, Lord if it is thee, bid me,' &c.) The conclu sion seems to be that it's me is good English, and it's lis a mistaken purism. We have now, I think, come to regard the objective form of the personal pronoun as a predicative form, and this will justify that's him, although the Danes will say denne er (that's he). We are therefore in the same condition as the French with their c'est moi,' though we have not quite reached their Itii n'osait pas' (him didn't dare)." A WAGER AT WHIST.—I tell the story as nearly as I can as he related it to me. " I used to play a good deal with Rechberg," said he, "and took pleasure in. worrying him, for he was a great purist in his play, and was outraged with anything that could not be sustained by an authority. In fact, each game was followed by a discus sion of full half an hour, to the intense mortification of the 1 other players, though very amusing to me, and offering me large opportunity to irritate and plague the Austrian. One evening, after a number of these discussions, in which Rechhirg had displayed an even unusual warmth and irri tability, I found myself opposed to him in a game, the in terest of which had drawn around us a large assembly of spectators—what the French designate as la galerie. To wards the conclusion of the game it was my turn to lead, and I played a card which so astounded the Austrian minister, that ho laid down his cards upon the table and stared fixedly at me, 'ln all my experience of whist,' said ' he, deliberately, I never saw the equal of that." Of what ?' asked I, ' Of the card you have just played,' rejoined he, It is not merely that such play violates every principle of the game, but it acually stultifies all your own combina -1 lions.' I think differently, count,' said I, ' I maintain that is good play, and I abide by it.' Let us decide it by a wager,' said he, 'ln what way ?' 'Thus :We shall leave the question to the galtrie. You shall allege what you deem to be the reasons for your play, and they shall decide if they accept them as valid,' I agree. What will you bet Ten napoleons—twenty, fifty, five hundred if you like;' cried he warmly. ' I shall say ten. You don't like losing, and I don't want to punish you too heavily.' There is the jury, sir,' said he haughtily ; make your case' The wager is this,' said I, ' that, to wiry I shall satisfy these gentlemen that for the card I played I had a sufficient and good reason. Yes. My reason was this, then—l looked into your hand I' I pocketed his ten napo leons, but they were the last I won of him. Indeed it took a month before he got over the shock.—Blacktcood's Magazine for May. , - THAMES CONSERVANCY.—The following is the general report of the proceedings of the conservators of the river Thames, appointed by and under the powers d the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857, from the let day of January, 1363, to the 31st day of December, 1863. The vested in conservators of the river Thames have, during the year ended December 31, 1863, exercised the power s have admitted, them by a careful supervision over the river within the limits of their jurisdiction. The conservators have carried est of the river gravel bard _en?ugh to justify the on dredging operations for the improve ment su rface of which r ee . eived of rock. Consider conTshi consists as far as the means at their disposal h ut th el removal of a shoal off have commenced the removal of a shoal situated nearly i n mid-stream off Dagenham, the chiefly of conglomerate in their :e a st ' f a similar character —viz,, annual materialreport the eeo n which .. appellation it has commonly Consider able progress has also A be as en mi n lad i.t. Stao remove. The powerful the Blackwall, known as the Gun it is composed being 0 con glomerate, and yell - hard servators described as dredging machine Which being in course of construction, to enable them to e xecute the dredging required by the Thames Embankment Act has been completed. In their last annual report to parliament the conservators described the legal difficulties they had met with in carrying into effect the improvement of the steamboat landings near London-bridge _.those difficulties having been overcome, the pier at Old Swan Stairs was erected in the early part of the year, and it has been found to be a great public convenience. A very numerously Signed application having been received from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Southwark, and persons carrying on business at Bankside, requesting the conservators to place a steamboat pier in that locality, they transferred thither the Blackfriars pier, which, in conse quence of the erection of the two new bridges, had to be removed. The Blackfriars pier it is proposed shall be re placed when practicable. The moorings alluded to in last year's report as being about to be laid down in Gravesend Reach for troop and emigrant ships have been completed to the number of four, and they have been found so convenient that the conservators have determined to extend them by placing four more, and they have accordingly provided the necessary gear for the purpose. The repairs and renewals required from time to time for all the other moorin g s have been effected so as to preserve them in the groatest possible stato of e ffi c ienc y . T he banes, locks, weir s, and towing paths in the western part of the district within the jurisdiction of the conservators have been maintained, and, a s far as o pportunity has occurred, have been improved. Eighty vessels have been sunk in the river during the year, all of which have been raised. There have been 20 grants for embankments, and 36 for jetties, piles, and other accom modation. 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